Samut STAX 2HG Tourney by canadianboogeyman

Format: Commander

Commander: Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 66

Deck overview

This mono-blue competitive deck combines brutal stax denial with an uncounterable combo finish. Led by Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun, the commander grants all instant and sorcery spells split second, preventing opponents from responding on the stack. The primary game plan deploys early asymmetric resource locks such as Back to Basics, Winter Orb, Static Orb, Trinisphere, and Cursed Totem on Turns 2–3, severely crippling opposing mana bases and spell velocity while breaking parity through 19 basic Islands and Urza, Lord High Artificer. Behind this wall of disruption and sustained card draw from Rhystic Study, Mystic Remora, and Pollywog Prodigy, the deck assembles a game-winning combination of Thassa's Oracle with Thought Lash or Paradigm Shift. With split second on its setup spells and extensive free countermagic, the deck secures an inevitable, protected victory on Turn 5.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Laboratory
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
  • 1 Borne Upon a Wind
  • 1 Brain Freeze
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterbalance
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursed Totem
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damping Sphere
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Dress Down
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Grafdigger's Cage
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Inventors' Fair
  • 19 Island
  • 1 Karn, the Great Creator
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Narset, Parter of Veils
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overburden
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Paradigm Shift
  • 1 Pithing Needle
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll Rack
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Sphere of Resistance
  • 1 Stasis
  • 1 Static Orb
  • 1 Stifle
  • 1 Strix Serenade
  • 1 Subtlety
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Tangle Wire
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thorn of Amethyst
  • 1 Thought Lash
  • 1 Thunderclap Drake
  • 1 Trinisphere
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Vexing Bauble
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Winter Moon
  • 1 Winter Orb